Many examples of language translation neural networks:

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> "the cat sat on the mat" -> [model] -> "le chat etait assis sur le tapis"
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use RNN, and in particular LSTM. See for example [Sentences language translation with neural network, with a simple layer structure (if possible sequential)](https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/67962/sentences-language-translation-with-neural-network-with-a-simple-layer-structur) and [A ten-minute introduction to sequence-to-sequence learning in Keras](https://blog.keras.io/a-ten-minute-introduction-to-sequence-to-sequence-learning-in-keras.html).

**Are there (not too complicated) attempts of doing language translation with CNN only and no RNN/LSTM?**

Would you have an example in Keras?