ɛɡzˈɛkjuːɾɚ, mˈʌtʃ lˈaɪk wˈaɪn fɔːɹ ɹˈʌnɪŋ wˈɪndoʊz ˌæplɪkˈeɪʃənz ˌɔn jˈuːnɪkslˈaɪk plˈætfɔːɹmz, tɹænslˈeɪts mˈækɪntˌɑːʃ tˈuːlbɑːks ˌeɪpˌiːˈaɪ kˈɔːlz ænd kwˈɪk dɹˈɔː ɹuːtˈiːnz ˌɪntʊ ɪkwˈɪvələnt wˈɪn θˈɜːɾi tˈuː ɔːɹ pˈɑːsɪks ˌeɪpˌiːˈaɪ kˈɔːlz.
Executor, much like Wine for running Windows applications on Unix-like platforms, translates Macintosh Toolbox API calls and QuickDraw routines into equivalent Win32 or POSIX API calls.