Bunin and intelligentnost'
Edward M Dumanis
dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU
Thu Sep 11 15:28:49 UTC 2003
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Robert Chandler wrote:
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> '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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