How can I say "Flash-forward"?


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?




> 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.




> 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.

