Isn’t “junior year” is a kind of slang acceptable only in US?
Hello, good people!
If You are from France, Belgium or England, or any European country, please help me!!!
I have recommendation letter, written in my mother language, which has such a phrase as “…while studding his 3rd year…” (or when I was a 3rd year student). And agency translated this as “During his junior year”. And I’m sure that this is correct for US people.
But the thing is that I’m going to send my letter to Belgium and France. What about Europeans, will they catch the meaning of the “junior year” correctly? I don’t want admission officers to be confused! They might not be familiar with American slang. Isn’t “junior year” is a kind of slang acceptable only in US? As for me it sounds awkward.
May be request a translator to change it for “while being a 3rd year student”??? What do You think?

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Isn’t “junior year” is a kind of slang acceptable only in US? 
Hello, good people! 
If You are from France, Belgium or England, or any European country, please help me!!!
I have recommendation letter, written in my mother language, which has such a phrase as “…while studding his 3rd year…” (or when I was a 3rd year student). And agency translated this as “During his junior year”. And I’m sure that this is correct for US people. 
But the thing is that I’m going to send my letter to Belgium and France.  What about Europeans, will they catch the meaning of the “junior year” correctly? I don’t want admission officers to be confused! They might not be familiar with American slang. Isn’t “junior year” is a kind of slang acceptable only in US? As for me it sounds awkward. 
May be  request a  translator to change it for “while being a 3rd year student”??? What do You think?

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The United States is the only place where that convention has currency. It is not really slang. At present in the US, there is a trend away from this terminology in favor of first-year, second-year, etc. I think changing your letter to not use the word "junior" would be wise.

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That system for naming the years at university or high school is definitely not used or widely understood in the UK. I think the safest translation would be "While he was in his third year at ...". This would be universally understood.

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