“移于殖民地”可以翻译为 "be relocated to the colonies" 或 "be transferred to the colonies" ,具体可根据语境选择。
relocate:强调位置的重新安置或迁移,常用于人或事物的移动。
transfer:同样表示转移或搬迁,但更侧重于所有权、职责或位置的变更,也可用于此处表达迁移到殖民地的意思。
例如:
The surplus population was relocated to the colonies.(过剩人口被迁移到了殖民地。)
Many convicts were transferred to the colonies as forced labor.(许多囚犯被作为苦力转移到了殖民地。)