Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term
あっ どんぞ…
X: この男を切ろうと決めた
Y: あっ どんぞ…
X: 済まぬが 屯所まで送って
くれぬか？
| 4 -1 | Oh, please ..... |
humbird
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| 2 +2 | oh, ok... |
nyankorita
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May 15, 2008 05:50: humbird Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Oh, please .....
In any event, どんぞ means どうぞ, I guess.
X is expressing his intention to kill a man.
Y's response is "Oh, please ....."
X further says "Sorry trouble you but send me to a police (soldier) station.
Now, above being the case, I am not sure Y is agreeing with X's intent to kill. Y could be saying "Oh, please NOT ...."
You have the context.
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KathyT
: "Oh, please... " is the colloquial equivalent of "Yeah, right..." - an inappropriate chokuyaku in this instance.
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bridging cultures, one word at a time
Native in: English 
, Japanese
Works in: Japanese to English
oh, ok...
assuming that どんぞ is basically the same as どうぞ, that can be translated as "go ahead". so that's another possibility. I can't understand what Y is thinking as he says that though, just from this bit of dialog. I feel like it could be anything, like "oh, ok", or "whoa! all right...", or "huh. go ahead", etc etc. so... just a matter of what combination you think works the best??
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Kanako Fujiwara
: Yup. It should be something like, "Sure thing,” or " Go ahead," right?
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KathyT
: Yes exactly, and I think Kanako's suggestions are excellent!
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