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: These included both the long-hulled iron-built ones and the wooden-built ships.

SOLUTION: Ezi ziquka zombini ezineziqu ezide ezokhiwe ngentsimbi kunye neenqanawa ezokhiwe ngokhuni.

PROBLEM: To prepare a ship's cable that will form the bridle from the ship to the buoy, the cable must first be broken.

SOLUTION: Ukulungisa inTambo yenqanawe esakwenza ikhenkco ukusukela kwinqanawe ukuya kutsho kwisiqondisi ngozi, kufuneka inTambo iqale iqhawulwe.

PROBLEM: The hemp or jute heart has two functions: It acts as a cushion into which the strands bed, allowing them to take up their natural position as the rope is bent or subjected to strain.

SOLUTION:
I-hemp okanye umbindi werhonya unemisebenzi emibini: isebenza njengomqamelelo apho iintsinga zilalakhona, nto leyo ezivumela ukuba zithathe indawo yazo yendalo njengokuba intsontelo igoba okanye isenokuba kuxinzelelo.