'幽灵'在游荡

摘要

"幽灵"不是好名称,虽然听惯了开头那句话:"一个幽灵,共产主义的幽灵,在欧洲大陆游荡."(A spectre is haunting Europe-the spectre of communism)."幽灵"spectre之用,马克思、恩格斯必定是斟酌过的.此句曾让中文译者伤透了脑筋,各种版本中,"魔鬼"、"妖魔"、"鬼怪"、"幽灵"、"神灵"不断变换.