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.

Uhanahaniso
26. Masking

Ephambili kutshintsho yayimpumlo evetyekileyo endaweni yokwalatha enye.
A further change was to a snub nose instead of a pointed one.

Abazange babekwindawo yokuqala kwinkonzo nongokuya babe phantsi kokumkanikazi uCatherine weScotland kwiflegi ey-ofisi.

They were never a first-class service, even when they were under the Empress Catherine's Scottish flag officers.