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.

[EX Q]: Steam pipes are more vulnerable than electric cables and more difficult to repair or replace, and for this reason the use of steam to drive machinery is usually confined to the main machinery spaces and to other parts of the ship behind armour .
[EX A]: Imibhobho yomphunga yeyona isemngciphekweni kunaleyo yombane ekulungisweni okanye ekufakweni kwemitsha, nganxa yoko ukusetyenziswa komphunga ekusebenziseni umatshini kudla ngokubekwa kwizithuba zomatshini abakhulu nakwezinye iindawo zenqanawa emva kwesixhobo sokunqabisa inqanawa.

[EX Q]: This continued for about the first forty years of the century, but thereafter were joined into one broad wale.
[EX A]: Lento yayiqhubekeka kwade kwaba yokuqala iminyaka engamashumi mane wenkulungwane, emva koko ihambe iyokudibana kwezinye ezibanzi inqanawa.

[EX Q]: That portion of the ship's body forward of the midship section.
[EX A]:
Inxenye yesiqu senqanawa esingaphambili kwecandelo lombindi wenqanawa.