Bunin and intelligentnost'

[Robert Chandler]

Many thanks, Edward.  I don't for a moment doubt the accuracy of your
translation, but I don't think that, in a personal ad, someone would write
'Education and good manners not essential.' I don't think the woman is
saying she'll be happy with a lout.

'Higher education not essential' might be a possibility, but it is very
difficult to convey the 'manners' part of the meaning without it getting too
wordy for a personal ad.

R.

> From: Edward M Dumanis <dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU>
> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
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> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:28:49 -0400
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Bunin and intelligentnost'
>
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Robert Chandler wrote:
> ........................
> /snip/
> ........................
>> 'Intellectual interests' is my extremely inadequate translation of
>> 'intelligentnost'.  Can anyone do better?
>
> 'intelligentnost' is a personal characteristic (culture) expressed as
> behavior based on education (not necessarily formal) and good manners.
> Therefore, I would use in this context just 'education and good manners.'
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>
>
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