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.
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Question: Rates of gaining and losing speed.

Answer: Ixabiso lokungenisa nokulahlekelwa sisantya.


Question: The distance along the rope between any two points on the same strands is known as the jaw of the rope, and gives a measure of the hardness of the lay; the shorter the jaw the harder the lay.

Answer: Umgama phakathi kwendawo ezimbini zesiphotho esinye waziwa ngokuba sisidibanisi sentsontelo, kwaye sinikezela ngomlinganiselo wokondlalwa ngokungqingqwa; nje ukuba isidibanisi sibe sifutshane kuba ngqingqwa ukondlalwa kwaso.


Question: A service is always bound on in the opposite direction to the parcelling, so as to avoid bunching up the latter.

Answer:
Ukunceda kusoloko kubamba kwelinye i cala ukwenza umqulungwane, ukunqanda ukucukana emva.