† traˈlationObs.rare—1. [ad. L. trālātiōn-em=translātiōn-em a transferring, n. of action of transferre to transfer.] The use of a word in a transferred or figurative sense; metaphor. 1620Bp. Hall Hon. Mar. Clergy i. §14 According to the broad tralation of his rude Rhemists.