TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Preparation formerly put on ships' bottoms in an endeavour to prevent attachment of barnacles and other marine life.

SOLUTION: Amalungiselo akuqala awayesenziwa kumazantsi enqanawa kwinzame zokukhusela ukuncamathela kweentsentsane nezinye izinto eziphila emanzini.

PROBLEM: From the 1820s to the 1850s, the French were looking round for a weapon which would make up for their own natural short-comings.

SOLUTION: Ukusuka koo1820 ukuya koo1850 amaFrentshi ayefuna isixhobo esiza kwenza ukungoneli kwabo kwendalo.

PROBLEM: The successes achieved in this work shift the optimum sizes of ships as determined by shipowner economic calculations to ever larger values.

SOLUTION:
Impumelelo efumanekileyo kolu tshintsho msebenzi eyona milinganiselo yeenqanawa azimiswe ngabanini beenqanawa ukubalwa kwezoqoqosho kumanganaba anakhula.