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]: Phambi kwento ebizwa ngokuba lixesha lobunzima kwi-oyile kwakusoloko kubizwa okanye kuthethwa nge- nqanawa yokuthutha ipetroyile yezigidi, eyathi ngexesha elilodwa yalindelwa ukuba isebenze ekupheleni kwale inkulungwane.
[A]: Before the so-called oil crisis there was frequent mention of the "million-ton" tanker, which at one time was expected to enter service by the end of this century.


[Q]: Zaye ziyinqanawa ebukeka ngokohlukileyo, inomzantsi othe tyaba, inecala eliflethi kunye nekhaya eliphawuliweyo kwaye itsolo kwiziphelo zonke.
[A]: They were very strange-looking craft, being flat-bottomed, flat-sided with a marked tumble-home, and pointed at both ends.


[Q]: Kuyimpazamo, nangona, isiphelo senqanawa simelane nolwandle ngcono kunezinye.
[A]:
It is a fallacy, though, that pointed sterns handle following seas better than other types.