auf Werbung

English translation: on the lookout for recruits

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German term or phrase:auf Werbung
English translation:on the lookout for recruits
Entered by: Timoshka

16:53 Jun 26, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
German term or phrase: auf Werbung
From a German local history book: "1756 gibt ein Vertreter Friedrich des Großen hier eine Vorstellung. Es verlautet da: Zum Vater dieses Kindes wurde vor der Kirchenzensur auf Befragen von der Mutter angegeben, ein im hiesigen Erbbestands-Wirtshaus...eine Zeitlang auf Werbung gelegener Preußischer Unteroffizier mit Namen Rau."

Does this indicate he had been pursuing (courting) the mother of the child for a while?
Timoshka
Local time: 03:30
on the lookout for recruits
Explanation:
... who had been on the lookout for recruits for a while..

Anybody up to the challenge of rendering this in 18th century English..?
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Michael Martin, MA
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Local time: 04:30
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Danke!
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on the lookout for recruits


Explanation:
... who had been on the lookout for recruits for a while..

Anybody up to the challenge of rendering this in 18th century English..?

Michael Martin, MA
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Local time: 04:30
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Danke!
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