Task: Translation
Input (English): A term applied to a strip of plate serving as a connecting strap between the butted ends of the plating. The strap connections at the edges are called seam straps.
Output (Xhosa): Umcu wepleyiti osebenza njengebhanti elisisidibanisi phakathi kweziphelo ze'butt' yepleyitingi. Izidibanisi zebhanti emiqukumbelweni kuthiwa (zii-'seam straps') sisinxibelelo samabhanti.