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]: Pliny, umzekelo, ubhala 'ukusuka eCarpathos ngamashumi amahlanu emayile kunye 'noAfricus' kuRhodes', kwakhona ukusuka kuPaphos ngamawaka amathathu anamakhulu asibhozo etayidi kunye no'Boreas' ukuya kuAlexandria', 'Africus' kunye no'Boreas' ukuba ngumoya.
[A]: Pliny, for example, writes' From Carpathos is fifty miles with ‘Africus’ to Rhodes', and again' From Paphos it is three thousand eight hundred stades with ‘Boreas’ to Alexandria', ‘Africus’ and ‘Boreas’ being winds.


[Q]: Oku kunci phisa ukucaca kwesiphele somqudi phezu kwamangi.
[A]: This reduced the boom end's clearance above the water.


[Q]: Umqondiso odadayo utsalelwa kufutshane uze unyuswe ngesihakishi ukuya kunyusa de intambo yokuthatha isikwe ikhululwe.
[A]:
The buoy is then hauled close and hoisted by a whip hooked to the lifting becket until the picking-up rope can be cut loose.