Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
1. OG/1. UG
English translation:
first floor / first basement floor (level)
German term
United Kingdom
Reliable German/French to English
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: German to English, French to English
1. OG/1. UG
Objektart - Büroraum/Archiv
Geschoss - 1. OG
Dem Mieter stehen der Vorplatz sowie die Toilettenanlagen (im beiligenden Plan grün gekennzeichnet) zur gemeinsamen Nutzung mit dem Mieter der Restfläche im 1. OG ..(Addresse.....) zur Verfügung.
2. Mietobjekte
Objektart - Einstellplatz
Geschoss - 1. UG
Das Mietobjekt darf ausschliesslich als Autoabstellplatz benutzt werden.
Das Objekt befindet sich im 1. UG.
(Lease Agreement)
[I am just referring to 1. OG as first floor but realised that 'Obergeschoss' on its own can means this. So am not sure how to get round this.
As for 1. UG I thought level 1 - basement or something?
Later in the text the term 'Tiefgarage' is used so the parking space referred to is clearly in a basement garage.]
Apr 22, 2007 12:55: writeaway changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Bus/Financial"
Apr 22, 2007 13:19: Alison Schwitzgebel changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Apr 23, 2007 08:10: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
Germany
Practical business experience, reliable
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
first floor / first basement floor (level)
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alec_in_France
: although I must have been typing for at least 3 minutes longer :-)
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thanks alec, just pipped at the post! bon weekend (or at least what remains of it)
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earthreptile
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thanks earthreptile
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Nicole Schnell
: Correct - unfortunately not in the US.
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rhanks nicole
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writeaway
: with level for basement. Why would a UK asker ever want US terminology?
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thanks writeaway
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Dr.G.MD (X)
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thanks gerhard
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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thanks ingeborg
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Interp, trans, proof, PR, research, writ
Native in: Russian 
, German
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 13 more.
first floor / ground floor
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Christine Lam
: ground floor = Erdgeschoss not UG
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Erdgeschoß ist ground floor
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writeaway
: with Christine UG is not the ground floor
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Stephen Sadie
: with writeaway
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alec_in_France
: ground floor is wrong
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Chartered Surveyor and valuer
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
1st Fl/1st Bst. (!! US 2nd Fl/ 1st. Bst.)
*"first" is only needed if there is more than one - otherwise Bst. / basement is fine.
An alternative abbreviation for first floor is FF - matches GF for ground floor although higher floors (if existing) are a problem
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Nicole Schnell
: Took me a while to decipher the hieroglyphics - I agree//House swap for vacation? Contact me!
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Thanks Nicole. Very envious of your being in Oregon - any time you fancy a swap... :-)
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Francis Lee (X)
: The only colleague to provide US + UK options (which I for some reason initially overlooked). IMO by far the most helpful answer - and it would've been the "fastest" (feasible) answer if you hadn't spent the time and effort on your explanation.
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Thanks Francis - comments much appreciated.
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Award winning Advertising/Marketing
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English
second floor / first basement level
The other thing just goes like our parking garages with several basement levels.
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writeaway
: 2nd floor US-1st floor UK/Asker is UK and UK based. of course USA English could be required but.../if I had been offered such a job to localise between Ger. German and Austrian/Swiss Ger, I would have passed the job to a German native speaker.
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I know. So far the asker hasn't indicated if this is UK or US. Thanks, writeaway!//A while ago I had the pleasure to write contracts for a European shopping center, renters both, US and UK. That was FUN.. you get the idea :-)))
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Stephen Sadie
: first basement level is fine but second floor at least not in UK use// Of course I don't, it's just that the asker is in the UK
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Thanks, Stephen! Let's not forget about the US.//Well, I do German and don't live in DE. I also have more UK clients than US ones. Hmmm..
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alec_in_France
: but 2nd floor US only!! European usage is 1st floor
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Definitely US only! Thank you, Alec!
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Discussion
I had actually intended this to be classed as a 'PRO' question.
Thanks
Paula
The target language is indeed UK English even though I think a lot of the Answerers assumed this because I am UK based.
As floor naming is a confusing area anyway (especially for me!) , I don't think it has done any harm to discuss all the possibilities. This question may be a good reference point for other translators in the future.
By the same token, 1. UG simply indicates that there is more than one basement floor.