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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" 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
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"officially cancel"
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# Hammedatha
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This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# provinces
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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](../01/01.md).
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# For how could I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How could I endure watching the destruction of my relatives?
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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]])