salon Napoléon
English translation: “salon Napoleon” style reception room
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|  Selected response from: B D Finch France Local time: 13:58 | ||||||
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| 4 | formal living room |
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| 4 | reception room |
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| 4 | “salon Napoleon” style reception room |
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| 2 +1 | Salon Napoléon |
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| 3 | Napoleon Room |
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peer agreement (net): +1Salon Napoléon Explanation: gets lots of ghits in English, but hard to say given your complete dirth of context -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2008-07-09 19:35:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Nappy's saloon? |
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formal living room Language variant: en us Explanation: The salon Napoleon is what Americans would call a formal living room (maybe a drawing room rather than lounge in UK) as opposed to the "family room" mentionned.he salon Napoleon is formal for receiving guests rather than casual for the family. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2008-07-10 04:36:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Salons Napoleons can be furnished with dining tables, the crucial thing is that they are the formal room for receiving. |
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Napoleon Room Explanation: It's the name of the room, of course. Lesser mortals name their houses. When you have a palace, you name the significant rooms as well. In a property listing for St. Peter's, would you substitute an architectural description for "Sistine Chapel"? Nah. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 hrs (2008-07-10 07:06:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/picture-of-month/displayp... http://johntyrrell.blogspot.com/2008/03/soap-art-and-napoleo... |
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reception room Explanation: A formal reception room - although can also of course refer to the furniture inside |
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“salon Napoleon” style reception room Explanation: I have found several sources where this is untranslated. It seems to be an elaborately decorated reception room probably in Napoleon III, rather than I, style. It is not just the name of a room (as in Fred's Room) it refers to a specific style. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2008-07-11 16:04:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I'd include "reception room" for information, as it clearly is not a private parlour and is more formal than a lounge. |
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