Translation of "alvor" into English

De fattige lande fik aldrig en reel chance for at deltage for alvor i udviklingen af industrisamfundet.

Poor countries were never given any real chance of participating seriously in the development of the industrial society.

Overvågningen er blevet indrettet således, at den afspejler udfordringernes rækkevidde og ubalancernes alvor.

The monitoring has been tailored to reflect the scope of the challenges and the severity of the imbalances.

Det er, fordi du ikke forstår situationens alvor.

That is because you do not understand the gravity of the situation.