The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.

【答】副词even 用于句首，不是修饰主语本身，它跟he无关，而是修饰整个全句。这时，它是一个“连接性副词”。本句中的even，表示对上文的“评价或结论”，意为“甚至可以说，实际上”。

原翻译不仅把even 翻译错了，而且整个翻译严重失误。我重新翻译：

【翻译】为公司效力的经理，与这些人及其需求有着更加直接的关系，但实际上，他对工人的情况自己了解得并不多，在即将逝去的旧式家族企业的家长制度下，雇主（东家）往往也会有这种情况。

【重点分析】

1. even：“连接性副词”，修饰全句。是对前文的“评价或结论”，意为“甚至可以说，实际上”。与前文形成对比和转折。

2. which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away：是非限制性定语从句。which 指代前文整个句子的内容：即“对工人的情况自己了解得并不多”，说明旧式家族企业的雇主（东家）也是如此，翻译成：经常会有这种情况。