In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in Xhosa. You must translate it to English in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.

Q: Kuba zazilindeleke okokuba ziphambe kumsebenzi zaye zinee-injini ziqhuba isikrufu kunye noxhotyiso olulula ukubanceda bafikelele kwindawo abaya kuyo.

A: Because they were expected to manoeuvre in action they had engines driving a screw and a light sailing rig to help them to their destination.
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Q: Kwakusemva kokuba umntu ngamnye umfanekiso oqingqiweyo osentloko wawuse wamkeleke kulo lonke emva kowewaka linamakhulu asixhenxe amashumi mahlanu kulapho eligama lomfanekiso oqingqiweyo osentloko wabuya kwakhona.

A: It was only after individual figureheads were generally authorised in the late I 750s, that the word figurehead came back.
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Q: Ubude obuzaliswe ngamanzi kuyo nayiphi na indawo enqanaweni bubude beyona khompathimenti evalwe nkqi ende kunazo zonke.

A:
The floodable length at any position in a ship is the length of the longest possible watertight compartment.
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