instruction:
In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in English. You must translate it to Xhosa in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.
question:
In English ships it might be as little as 3 feet.
answer:
Kwiinqanawa zamaNgesi inokubancinane kangangeenyawo eziyi3.


question:
The frame located at the midpoint between the perpendiculars.
answer:
Isakhelo esifakwe embindini phakathi kweminqamlezo.


question:
The Portuguese pilots had been well trained in Mediterranean methods of dead-reckoning and it seems likely that they were familiar with the northern methods of sounding the sea bed.
answer:

Abaqhubi benqwelomoya bamaPhuthukezi baqeqeshwa ngokwaneleyo ngendlela zase Mediterrenean zamatye afileyo kwaye ibonakala ingathi zazifana nendlela zasemntla lokuvakala njenge bhedi yolwandle.