This translation is great but I think it's still interesting to read into the connotations of Chekhov's original words: http://www.anton-chehov.info/754-n-p-ch

This translation is great but I think it's still interesting to read into the connotations of Chekhov's original words: http://www.anton-chehov.info/754-n-p-chexovu.html http://www.anton-chehov.info/754-n-p-chexovu.html >you are drawn away from it, and you vacillate between cultured people and the lodgers vis-a-vis >тебя тянет от нее, и тебе приходится балансировать между культурной публикой и жильцами vis-а-vis. Here "cultured people" are originally "культурная публика", literally "cultured public". >Cultured people must, in my opinion, satisfy the following conditions: >Воспитанные люди, по моему мнению, должны удовлетворять след<ующим> условиям: Here "Cultured people" are originally "Воспитанные люди". More like well-brought-up.