An executor is the person named in a will to carry out what the dead person asked for: pay the bills, give the house to this child, give the money to that friend. It is a legal word, used by lawyers, banks, and families after someone dies. You will meet it in letters and court papers, almost never in casual chat.

An executor Executor（遺囑執行人） is the person named in a will是遺囑裡指名的人, to carry out what the dead person asked for負責執行過世的人交代的事: pay the bills付帳單, give the house to this child把房子給這個孩子, give the money to that friend把錢給那位朋友。 It is a legal word它是一個法律詞, used by lawyers, banks, and families after someone dies在有人過世後，律師、銀行和家人都會用到。 You will meet it你會 in letters and court papers在信件和法院文件裡看到它, almost never in casual chat幾乎不會出現在平常聊天裡。

Though actually, it comes from the same old idea as execute — to carry something out, to follow it through. The killing sense of execute later took over in everyday talk, which is why this quieter legal sense now needs its own word.

Though actually不過其實, it comes from the same old idea as execute它跟execute來自同一個古老的概念 — to carry something out就是把某件事執行完成, to follow it through把它徹底完成。 The killing sense of execute執行死刑那個意思的execute later took over in everyday talk後來在日常用語裡佔了上風, which is why this quieter legal sense now needs its own word所以這個比較低調的法律意思，現在需要自己的詞。

You will also meet literary executor: the person who looks after a writer's papers after they die. Same job idea, different pile of things to carry out. It has nothing to do with killing.

You will also meet你也會看到 literary executor literary executor（文學遺著執行人）: the person who looks after a writer's papers after they die指作家過世後負責照管其文稿的人。 Same job idea一樣的工作概念, different pile of things to carry out只是要執行的東西不一樣。 It has nothing to do with killing它跟殺人一點關係都沒有。