Q: 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.
Lomlo wesantya esiphezulu, owawusangulwe ngabanini nqanawa abakhuphisanayo ngokulula kwihambo yemiboniso yabakhweli beenqanawa, isuke ayabi nantsingiselo ipheleleyo kanye akhweli baqale ukukhetha inqwelo moya kunenqanawa.
A:
This fight for the highest speeds, which was undertaken by competing shipowners simply as and matter of prestige on the show route for passenger liners, became completely meaningless once the passengers started to prefer aircraft to ships.