Ellen Russon is an academic translator and editor specialized in translating texts from German to English and editing papers and texts written in English. She translates and edits for clients at universities, research institutes, research funding foundations, university hospitals, and more.

Ellen has over 20 years’ experience as a German-to-English translator in the social sciences. She also specializes in editing and proofreading manuscripts written in English for submission to journals and is well-versed in preparing manuscripts to conform to journals’ author guidelines, the APA style, ICJME style, Chicago style, and more.

Ellen has university degrees from the University of Zurich and Brandeis University. She is a native speaker of English but is also a dual national USA/CH. After completing her degree at the University of Zurich she worked as a psychologist in private practice in Switzerland for 9 years (former member of FSP, SKJP).

Ellen Russon, lic. phil.

German-to-English translator, editor

Member, European Association of Science Editors (EASE)

Member, Council of Science Editors (CSE)

german to english translation for academic manuals and online articles

Recent Clients

  • Miriam Compagnoni, University of Zurich
  • Sam Fluit, University of Oslo
  • Jürg Martin Gabriel, ETH Zurich
  • Daniel Ganz, Ganz Landschaftsarchitekten
  • Philippe Goldammer, Military Academy at ETH Zurich
  • Klaus Jonas, University of Zurich
  • Markus Landolt, University Children’s Hospital Zurich
  • Katharina Maag Merki, University of Zurich
  • Rüdiger Mutz, University of Zurich
  • Beat Rechsteiner, University of Zurich
  • Larissa Schneebeli, Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW
  • Francesca Suter, Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden
  • Tilmann Von Soest, University of Oslo
  • Agnes von Wyl, Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW
  • Andrea Wullschleger, University of Applied Sciences and Arts FHNW

Recent Work 2025

Education
  • Bolten, H., Rechsteiner, B., Grob, U., Wullschleger, A., & Maag Merki, K. (2025). Teacher efficacy. University of Zurich, Institute of Education.
  • Compagnoni, M., Rechsteiner, B., Gotsch, F., Grob, U., Wullschleger, A., & Maag Merki, K. (2024). Everyday, every week, all at once? An experience sampling study on teachers’ professional development for the classroom, team, and school. Teaching and Teacher Education, 152, 104771. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0742051X24003044
  • Gotsch, F., Rechsteiner, B., Compagnoni, M., & Maag Merki, K. (2025). Do task type and partner role matter? An experience sampling study on the perceived benefit of teacher collaboration in Swiss primary schools.
  • Rechstiner, B., Karlen, Y., Wullschleger, A., & Maag Merki, K. (2025). Harmonic dissonance. University of Zurich, Institute of Education.
  • Rechsteiner B, Compagnoni M, Wullschleger A, Grob U, Gotsch F, Maag Merki K (2025). Teachers as team players? Exploring the relationship between collaborative practice, professional development, and work-related stress using diary data. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-05-2024-0062
  • Suter, F., Feldhoff, T., Maag Merki, K., Radisch, F., Jude, N., & BrauckmannSajkiewicz, S. (2025). Effects of pre-pandemic school improvement and digital learning on schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2023.2259931
  • Wullschleger, A., Daly, A.J., van Halem, N., Maag Merki, K., & Rechsteiner, B. (2025). Collaboration on school improvement under different educational accountability systems in two countries. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 37, 303-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-025-09460-1
  • Wullschleger, A., Maag Merki, K., Grob, U., Rechsteiner, B., Compagnoni, M., & Vörös, A. (2025). Teacher collaboration to elevate student achievement? Learning and Instruction, 97:102104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102104
  • Wullschleger, A., Rickenbacher, A., Rechsteiner, B., Grob, U., & Maag Merki, K. (2024). School teams’ regulation strategies for dealing with school-external expectations for school improvement. Research in Education, 118(1), 26-48. https://doi.org/10.1177/00345237221090540
  • Wullschleger, A., Vörös, A., Rechsteiner, B. & Maag Merki, K. (2025). Comparative analysis of teacher collaboration on school improvement: exploring social networks using a meta-analytic approach to exponential random graph models (pp. 360–373). In N. Kolleck (Ed.), Handbook of social network analysis and education. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035312191.00033
Psychology, Psychiatry, Behavior Research
  • Bartels, L., & Landolt, M. (2025). Back-translation of questionnaire. University of Zurich, Department of Psychology, Child and Adolescent Health Psychology.
  • Eich-Stierli, B., Steiner, L., Pfenning, M., von Wyl, A., & Veth, K. N. (2024). Mental health during transition from university to work: A scoping review. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34563
  • Goldammer, P., Stöckli, P. L., Annen, H., Heimann, A. L., & Escher, Y. A. (2025). Detecting careless responding. Military Academy at ETH Zurich.
  • Goldammer, P., Stöckli, P. L., Annen, H., & Schmitz-Wilhelmy, A. (2024). A comparison of conventional and resampled personal reliability in detecting careless responding. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 8831–8851. Open access. https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-024-02506-0
  • Goldammer, P., Stöckli, P.L., Escher, Y.A. et al. (2024). Careless responding detection revisited: Accuracy of direct and indirect measures. Behavior Research Methods. Open access. Published August 15, 2024. https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-024-02506-0
  • Schneebeli, L., Braune-Krickau, K., Joliat, A., & von Wyl, A. (2025). The influence of difficult child temperament and parenting stress on parental problematic smartphone use in early childhood: A moderated mediation analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1517222. https://doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1517222
  • Schneebeli, L., Braune-Krickau, K., Crameri, A., Joliat, A., & von Wyl, A. (2025). Moments of disconnection: an adapted still-face experiment. ZHAW School of Applied Psychology, Psychological Institute
  • von Wyl, A. (2024). “inklusiv plus”: Group psychotherapy for young people and emerging adults in vocational integration programs. In: Taftie Annual Conference, Bern, Switzerland, 12 June 2024.
  • Wade-Bohleber, L. M., Braune-Krickau, K., Schneebeli, L., Gemperle, M., Haechler, R., Pehlke-Milde, J., & von Wyl, A. (2024). Smartphone use during the perinatal period: Findings from a longitudinal study with first-time parents. Computers in Human Behavior, 154, 108127. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563223004788
Sociology, Political Science, Social Work
  • Fluit, S. (2025). Language editing of PhD dissertation. University of Oslo, Norway.
  • Gabriel, J. M. (2024, 2025). Editing of political science papers. Professor Emeritus, ETH Zurich.
Quantitative Science Studies
  • Mutz, R., & Daniel, H.-D. (2025). How to assess the impact of fellowships on academic careers? Latent transition analyses for funding programmes of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Quality & Quantity, 59,1153–1175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-024-02008-3
  • Mutz. R. (2025). Manuscript for Quantitative Science Studies. University of Zurich, CHESS – Center for Higher Education and Science Studies.
  • Mutz, R. (2025). Questionnaire for researchers.
Firms

Ganz, D. (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Website texts on landscape architecture projects. Ganz Landschaftsarchitekten, Zürich. https://www.ganz-la.ch/en/studio/news/

Grant Proposals, PhD dissertations, Abstracts, CVs, Reviews
  • Maag Merki, K. (2024). Abstract for a conference. University of Zurich.
  • Von Wyl, A. (2024). Editing of a grant proposal. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
  • Wullschleger, A. (2024). Research proposal. University of Zurich

Testimonials

  • “Besten Dank nochmals für die äusserst hilfreichen Dienste. Es ist von unschätzbarem Wert eine Übersetzerin zur Hand zu haben, die sich auch in den behandelten Fachgebieten auskennt. Gerne werde ich Sie bei meinen nächsten englischsprachigen Artikel wiederum berücksichtigen.”

    Prof. Dr. Andreas Jud, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts and Ulm University Hospital

  • “Ellen Russon verwandelt holperiges Englisch auf wundersame Weise in geschliffene Fachsprache. Sie beherrscht die Kunst des Schreibens wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten bis ins kleinste Detail und arbeitet rasch und kompetent. Besonders schätze ich ihre Kooperativität, wenn es gilt, eine Arbeit noch in letzter Minute zu editieren.”

    Prof. Dr. Margarete Vollrath, University of Oslo and Norwegian Institute of Public Health

  • “Ellen Russon ist eine herausragende Übersetzerin mit umfassender Sprachkompetenz, grossem hermeneutischen Textverständnis und permanenter Bereitschaft, ihre Arbeit durch eigene Lektüre und Rückfragen noch zu verbessern. Sie arbeitet prompt, zuverlässig und kooperativ.”

    Prof. Dr. Daniel Tröhler, University of Vienna

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