Translation of "selve" into English

Derimod hoerer loenninger til selve kernen i de spoergsmaal, som arbejdsgiverne og fagforeningerne foerer forhandlinger om.

By contrast, wages were at the very heart of the matters on which employers and unions bargained.

Men hvad selve problemet angår, viser også denne episode, hvor svært vi har det.

As far as the problem itself is concerned, this incident just goes to show how difficult things are.

I begge tilfaelde foreligger der i forhold til selve koebet af tekstilvarerne adskilte udgiftskraevende transaktioner.

In both cases, alonside the actual purchase of the textile products, there are separate transactions involving expenses.