In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

The ankh is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in art to represent the word for " life " and , by extension , as a symbol of life itself .
The ankh was the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that stood for the word nh , meaning life .

Ljusdals BK ( LBK ) is a Swedish bandy club currently playing in Elitserien ( the top division in Swedish bandy ) .
Ljusdals BK is a bandy club in Ljusdal in Sweden .

The national ISBN agency assigns the registrant element ( cf . ) and an accompanying series of ISBNs within that registrant element to the publisher ; the publisher then allocates one of the ISBNs to each of its books .
The national ISBN agency assigns the publisher number ( cf. the ) ; the publisher selects the item number .