Questions & Answers about De agent brengt hem naar de cel.
The translation says 'officer', but the Dutch word is agent. Does this only mean police officer?
Yes, in everyday Dutch, an agent (or politieagent) specifically means a police officer. If you want to talk about a different kind of agent, you use different words, like makelaar for a real estate agent or spion for a secret agent.
Why is brengt translated as 'takes'? Shouldn't 'takes' be translated with a form of nemen or meenemen?
English distinguishes between 'bringing' (towards the speaker) and 'taking' (away from the speaker). Dutch usually covers both with brengen when you are transporting someone or something to a specific destination. You use meenemen when taking someone along with you without emphasizing the destination, and nemen is strictly for grabbing something, consuming something, or taking transport (de bus nemen).
Why do we use naar here instead of tot or aan to mean 'to'?
Whenever you are talking about physical movement towards a destination (like a room, a building, or a city), you almost always use naar. Tot is generally used for limits in time or space ('until' or 'up to'), and aan is used for being attached to or located at the edge of something ('at' or 'on').
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