Task: Translation
Input (English): At the same time, if the range was to be kept long, the chances of success were not hopeful against a more rapidly firing opponent with say 12-inch guns.
Output (Xhosa): Ngaxesha nye, ukuba uluhlu lungagcinwa ithuba elide, amathuba okuphumelela akhona ngaphezu komana kudutyulwa kwaba nabachasi uyokutsho kwishumi elinesibini le-iintshi zemipu.