He specializes in translating Spanish literature into Arabic. He has worked as a freelance translator from Spanish to Arabic since 1975. Dr. Almani's scholarly contributions and activities have varied between authorship and translation, and he has participated in several international scientific conferences and seminars. He also periodically supervised literary translation workshops at the Cervantes Institute in Damascus from 2000 to 2012.
Dr. Almani translated literary works from Latin American and Spanish literature into Arabic for the first time, such as the works of novelists Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende.
Dr. Almani has translated more than 38 works, all of which convey a distinct idea and message, contribute to understanding others, and serve the mission of translation in achieving cultural rapprochement and knowledge transfer. He is credited with bringing "magical realism" to Arabic literature through his translation of Latin American literature, establishing the emergence of a literary field in this vein. In recognition of these efforts, he was honored by the Toledo School of Translators in 2013 for his contributions to translation.