【问】 She even helped me do propaganda work among the women.
 有人译为：甚至她也帮助我在妇女中间做宣传工作。这样译对吗?
 【答】 even有一个特点：它总是放在它所修饰的词语之前：
 1. Even a child can understand the book. (OSD)
 甚至孩子也能读懂这本书。
 2. This morning he had not even come to see them off. (Cronin)
 今早他甚至没给他们送行。
 3. Even Bob was there. (CGEL)
 甚至鲍勃也在那里。
 4. I often lend her money even now. (EED)
 甚至现在我还经常借给她钱。
 5.She liked him even when she was quarrelling with him. (EED)
 她甚至在和他吵架时，也仍然喜欢他。
 不难看出，你所提问的句子中的even是修饰动词helped的。因此，上面的句子应译为：她甚至帮助我在妇女中间进行宣传工作。
 请注意下面两个句子意义上的差别：
 (a) Even the President knelt at the memorial to the dead. (Wood)
 甚至总统也在烈士纪念碑前下跪了。
 (b) The President even knelt at the memorial to the dead. (Wood)
 总统在烈士纪念碑前甚至下跪了。
 而alone作修饰语时，则总是放在被修饰语之后：
 1. Simon alone knew the truth. (EED)
 只有西蒙知道真情。
 2. The nobility alone possessed political power. (Hazen)
 只有贵族拥有政治权力。