TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Babephantse bufana ngomyinge nezimvo zecala inkcazelo ngobomi babo.

SOLUTION: They were almost identical in size and profile.

PROBLEM: Izigqubuthelo zesivalo esinzima zivulwa ngetsheyina lokunqanda ingozi kunye neshakile yokuthintela elitsheyina kwisigqubuthelo.

SOLUTION: Heavy hatch covers are held in the open position by preventer chains and chain blocks shackled to the cover .

PROBLEM: Nangona ezintle kuninzi zasinda, zazisele zingasetyenziswa.

SOLUTION:
Although a good many of the early torpedo-boats still survived, they were already obsolete.