Task: Translation
Input (English): The length of a vessel which may be flooded without sinking her below her safety or margin line. The value of the floodable length of a given vessel varies from point to point throughout her length due to change in form. Similarly at a given point it varies from time to time, depending upon the condition of loading and the permeability of the cargo.
Output (Xhosa): Ubude benqanawe obunokuzaliswa ngamanzi ngaphandle kokutshona kwayo ngaphantsi kokhuseleko okanye umda omisiweyo. Uqikelelo lobunzulu bokugcwaliswa kwamanzi lwahlukahlukene ukusuka kwincam ukuya kwenye kubude bonke ngokotshintsho lwesimo.