instruction:
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.
question:
Zona kwakumele zingqamane nokubekwa kwemizuzu yesibanzi kwiMeridiyani.
answer:
These had to correspond to the spacing of the minutes of latitude along the meridians.


question:
Ukuzisa intsontelo yentsimbi kumatshini nokunyusa i-ankile utyibiliko kuqala lubekwa kwintsontelo yentsimbi.
answer:
To bring a cable to the capstan, a slip is first put on the cable.


question:
Olu cutho luyimfuneko ukunqanda ukutwabuluka kweentsontelo zentsimbi.
answer:

This reduction is necessary to avoid stretching the cables.