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.

Ngo-1948 iintsontelo ezenziwe ngemisonto eyenziwe ngabantu zabakhona ukwenzela ukuthengiswa eBritane kwaye ngoku zikhona kwihlabathi lonke jikelele.
In 1948 man-made fibre ropes became available commercially in Great Britain and are now firmly established throughout the world.