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

question:
These surveys become progressively more exacting as her age increases.
answer:
Olu khangela lubangela unyukelo oludlankise ngokomnyaka onyunsiweyo.

question:
In the year of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, Captain Thomas Sumner, an American seaman, stumbled across the principle of the position line, on which modern practice is based.
answer:
Ngonyaka wokubekwa kokumkanikazi uVictoria, umphathi mabutho,uThomas Summer waseMelika, wabhaqa ubume, obusekelwe kuyo kuqhutyo lwangoku.