Please, help me translate this sentence :)

MangooBangoo · (#1 (**permalink**))

(...)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

MangooBangoo · (#2 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MangooBangoo

(...)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

Nagoyankee · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MangooBangoo

(...)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

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."

MangooBangoo · (#4 (**permalink**))

Thank you very much !