In 2014, women made 83 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Single women without children earn 94 cents for each dollar earned by a man, whereas married mothers made only 77 cents.

2014年，男性每挣一元女性就挣83。一个子的单身女性可以达94，而成婚后的女性只能挣77。

Naomi is in dire straits because, as a widow with no offspring, there's no way for her to be provided for—and especially not in a foreign land that has no rules for providing for widows like Israel does.

拿俄米处境艰难， 因子的寡妇，她法得供养——尤其在一个没有像以色列那样供养寡妇规则的外邦之地， 更是难上加难。

She had only this one relationship left in all the world, and the poor, unfortunate, widowed and childless woman had cherished it with all the tenderness hoarded in her heart.

世间只剩下这一份情，被这个可怜不幸的丧偶子的女人用全部的柔情珍藏在心底。