يصافح المرشح المحاور ويذكر الإنجاز.

The first part uses verb + subject + object order:

يصافح المرشح المحاور
= shakes-hands-with + the candidate + the interviewer

This is very common in Modern Standard Arabic. The second part is:

ويذكر الإنجاز
= and mentions the achievement

Arabic also allows subject + verb order, so المرشح يصافح المحاور would also be correct.

يصافح means he shakes hands with.

It comes from the verb صافح, and this is the imperfect form, third-person masculine singular: he shakes hands / he is shaking hands.

This verb is in Form III, which often gives a sense of interaction between two people. That fits well here, because handshaking naturally involves two participants.

In normal unvocalized Arabic, word order is your main clue. After a verb at the beginning of the sentence, the first noun is usually the subject and the next noun is often the object.

So:

• المرشح = the candidate = subject
• المحاور = the interviewer = object

In fully vocalized Arabic, the case endings make this even clearer:

• المُرَشَّحُ = nominative, so it is the subject
• المُحاوِرَ = accusative, so it is the object

Because the verb already includes that information.

• يصافح = he shakes hands with
• يذكر = he mentions

Arabic verbs usually show person, number, and gender, so a separate subject pronoun is often unnecessary unless you want emphasis.

The default understanding is that it is the same subject as before: the candidate.

So the sentence is understood as:

• The candidate shakes hands with the interviewer
• and mentions the achievement

Arabic often leaves out a repeated subject when it is already clear from context.

The و means and.

It connects the two actions:

• يصافح = he shakes hands
• ويذكر = and he mentions

So the sentence describes two actions done by the same person in sequence or as part of the same situation.

Because الـ makes the noun definite.

• الإنجاز = the achievement / the accomplishment
• إنجازًا = an achievement

In context, the definite form may refer to a specific achievement already known in the situation, or simply to the achievement being discussed. Arabic sometimes uses definiteness in places where English might choose either the or an, depending on context.

Because most everyday Arabic writing does not show short vowels or case endings.

A fully vocalized version would look like this:

يُصافِحُ المُرَشَّحُ المُحاوِرَ ويَذْكُرُ الإِنْجازَ

In ordinary print, those final vowels are usually omitted, and readers understand them from grammar and context.

A helpful transliteration is:

yuṣāfiḥu al-murashshaḥu al-muḥāwira wa-yadhkuru al-injāza

A few sounds to notice:

• ص in يصافح is an emphatic s
• ح in يصافح and المحاور is a strong breathy h
• ذ in يذكر sounds like th in this
• ش in المرشح sounds like sh

Yes, absolutely.

That version starts with the subject:

المرشح يصافح المحاور ويذكر الإنجاز

This is also correct in Modern Standard Arabic. The difference is mostly one of style and emphasis:

• يصافح المرشح... = more verb-first, often more formal or narrative
• المرشح يصافح... = more topic-first, often a bit more straightforward

المحاور literally refers to someone engaged in dialogue or questioning.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• interviewer
• interlocutor
• discussion partner
• sometimes even host

In this sentence, if the situation is a job interview or formal interview, interviewer is the most natural translation.

If the candidate were female, the verbs would change to the feminine singular form, and المرشح would become المرشحة:

تصافح المرشحة المحاور وتذكر الإنجاز

In fully vocalized form:

تُصافِحُ المُرَشَّحَةُ المُحاوِرَ وتَذْكُرُ الإِنْجازَ

If the interviewer were also female, you could say:

تُصافِحُ المُرَشَّحَةُ المُحاوِرَةَ وتَذْكُرُ الإِنْجازَ