Complex sentence: He started his publishing career at Elsevier in Amsterdam, interrupted it for a few years as director of the Dutch regional newspaper De Twentsche Courant, to return to international science publishing at Academic Press in London.
Split into simpler sentences: He started his publishing career at Elsevier in Amsterdam. After a few years out of the scientific field as the director of the Dutch regional newspaper De Twentsche Courant, he returned to international science publishing at Academic Press in London.