1. A method of translating subject code of a subject architecture into target code of a target architecture, comprising the computer-implemented process of: decoding the subject code and generating an intermediate representation including a plurality of subject architecture specific nodes which are specific to the subject architecture; converting the subject architecture specific nodes into target architecture specific nodes which are specific to the target architecture by invoking a conversion component of the subject architecture specific nodes; and generating target code from the intermediate representation including generating target code instructions from the target architecture specific nodes.