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: Forced-draught ventilation in any ship was nine years away.

SOLUTION: Ukungeniswa nokukhutshwa komoya okunyanzelwayo nakuyiphi inqanawa kwakwiminyaka eluthoba kudala.

PROBLEM: As the joining shackle between the first and second shackles of cable passes through the hawsepipe, flag 2 is held aloft.

SOLUTION: Njengokuba zidibene kwikhamandela phakathi kwelokuqala nelesibini ikhamandela lentsontelo yokubophelela inqanawa eligqitha kumbhabho wentsimbi, iflegi yesibini ibanjwe ngaphezulu.

PROBLEM: The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway means that large bulk carriers for transporting ore, coal and grain, hitherto limited to operating on the Great Lakes, can be designed to cross the Atlantic as well.

SOLUTION:
Ukuvulwa kweSt Lawrence Seaway ixela okokuba ubukhulu besambuku esithwalwe ngokukhwelisa intsimbi ekrwada, uthuthu, iinkozo, kude kube ngoku ngokulinganisiweyo kusebenzo ngokobukhulu bechibi kungayilwa ukunqumla i-Atlantic ngokuko.