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I've been thinking about a way to say

> "Flash-forward two years in the future, he is now a school-teacher.

or something of the like.

> 二年後、彼は今教師です。

is what I thought of. Does this even make sense?
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How can I say "Flash-forward"?
I found this
[expression](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=fast+forward+to+the+present):

>   * fast-forward to the present:  
>  早送りして現在を見てみる
>

Perhaps it can be modified to:

>   * fast-forward to X year:  
>  X年に早送りして見てみる
>   * fast-forward by X years:  
>  X年間早送りして見てみる
>

Some more tries (please edit/correct/comment if it's wrong or unnatural)

  * 時計をX年進める
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> 二年後、彼は今教師です。

It only means "After two years, he is now a school-teacher." It's present
event.

Japanese vocabulary doesn't have the word "flash forward", because Japanese
novelists have never invented it. If your intent is to find a rhetoric to
describe the future as if it's already happened, there are several ways:

> 二年後、そこには教師になった彼の姿が（あった！）

I think it's a wording popularized by docudrama programs, so maybe sounds too
TV trope.

> 二年後を見てみよう。彼は今教師だ。  
>  二年後を見てみましょう。彼は今教師です。

That's not a fixed phrase. Just manually set the scene into the future, and
you can continue your talk with present tense.

> 二年後、彼は教師になっている。  
>  二年後、彼は教師になっています。

This one is a steady expression to tell determined future, but the viewpoint
remains in present.
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