Task: Translation
Input (English): The angular distances between three shore landmarks were taken with the sextant, and laid off on the semicircular scale by the three rules.
Output (Xhosa): Umgama weengile phakathi kwezimpawuli nxweme ezintathu, wawuthathwa neesekstant, zibekwe ngaphaya kwesi sikali sibusangqa ngezi zixhobo zokulinganisa ezintathu.