<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliTo some extent, deficiencies in the functioning of boards may have been masked by the effect of a flourishing market and may not have been readily apparent until market downturns began to occur.  <response>: Kwa kiasi fulani, mapungufu katika utendaji wa bodi inaweza kuwa imefichwa na athari ya soko la kusitawi na inaweza kuwa haikuwa wazi hadi kushuka kwa soko kuanza kutokea. 