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.

However, the tinning process cut down corrosion and gave a much longer life to nail and wood.
Ngoko, Inkqubo yokunkonxa yasusa ukudleka yaze yanika ubomi obude isikhonkwane nokhuni.

This can be done by referring the matter to the local police, the family parson (if known), the man's own Chaplain or any other reliable and independent party.
Oku kunokwenziwa ngokubhekiswa kumapolisa asekuhlaleni, umfundisi wosapho (okokuba uyaziwa) umfundisi wendoda leyo okanye nawuphina umntu othembekileyo ozimeleyo.

He must also serve his congregation at sea and an effort is made to have a chaplain on board, if a ship leaves port for two weeks or longer.

Kumele asebenze kwibandla lakhe elwandle kwaye iinzame zokuba nomfundisi enqanaweni ziyenziwa, ukuba inqanawa iyalishiya izibuko kangangeeveki ezimbini okanye ngaphezulu.