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If it pleases the king
"If what I ask for pleases the king"
if I have found favor in your eyes
Here "found favor" is an idiom that means be approved of or that he is pleased with her. Here "eyes" are a metonym for sight, and sight is a metaphor representing his evaluation. AT: "if you have evaluated me and approve" or "if you are pleased with me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
if the thing seems right before the king
"Before the king" here is a metaphor representing his evaluation. AT: "if what I ask for seems right in the king's evaluation" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
I am pleasing in your eyes
Here "your eyes" is a metonym for sight, and sight is a metaphor representing his evaluation. AT: "if you evaluate me and I please you" or "if you are pleased with me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
revoke
"officially cancel"
Hammedatha
This is the name of a man. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
provinces
A "province" is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in Esther 1:1.
For how could I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How could I endure watching the destruction of my relatives?
Esther used these questions to show that that she would be extremely sad if her people were to be destroyed. AT: "I cannot bear to see disaster fall on the Jews. I cannot endure watching my relatives be killed." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)