Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Romanian term or phrase:
cabinet de lectură
English translation:
reading room/reading parlour
Romanian term
cabinet de lectură
| 3 | reading room |
Claudia Coja
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| 5 | Reading room |
Lara Barnett
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| 4 | reading hall (study hall) |
Marina Aidova
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Proposed translations
Not word for word, but SENSE for SENSE.
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania) 
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, German to Romanian, and 1 more.
reading room
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Note added at 1 oră (2012-02-16 18:45:10 GMT)
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Sau reading parlour (Brit)/parlor(Am)
Moldova
15+ years of experience
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Romanian to Russian, and 1 more.
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
Reading room
"Reading Room
a room in a library, hotel or other building which is for people who want to read quietly and where conversation is not usually allowed."
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/reading-r...
"They established, in Langham Place in central London, a READING ROOM and a women's club. Though the periodical was never a financial success, after its failure in 1864 it was succeeded by the ..."
"Eighteenth-Century Reading Room"
http://www.keele.ac.uk/history/currentundergraduates/tltp/WOMEN/RENDELL/CORE1.HTM
http://18thcenturyreadingroom.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/item-of-the-day-the-age-of-louis-xiv-1780/
Discussion
Dar "hall" nu are totusi un sens de "spatiu larg" pe care "cabinet" nu il are? "Cabinet" ma duce cu gandul la un loc mai mic...Eu i-as mai fi spus "reading parlour" pentru ca are tot sensul acela de spatiu mai mic...