Please, help me translate this sentence :)
 

(...)大半のシュールリアリストが現にそのような無意味� ��仕事しかし得なかった。


I have never seen shikashi in such strange place in the sentence.. Please help me:)

there should be: muimi-na shigoto :)

That is not しかし. It's しか + し得なかった.

"In real life, the majority of the surealists were only able to involve themselves in meaningless jobs like that."

Thank you very much ! :)