You can play non-steam PC games on it. It's just a little less straightforward. You don't need to be connected to he Internet to play most games. Some might require you to be connected when you launch it (I think RDR2 did that), but then you can just keep it running and put the steam deck to sleep.
I've been to a recycling sorting facility (glass, paper, metal and plastic all go in the same bin here). The people working the conveyor belts had to practically wear hazmat suits, as whatever came in was vile. I rinse my containers extra clean since I saw that.
While I had probably already played a couple of counterfeit NES games at a friend's house before that, the first 2 games I clearly remember playing on PC were Tux Racer (on my dad's Linux setup) and Warcraft 2.
Maybe you could just use the names I tell my daughter: les pâtes tournantes, les pâtes longues, les pâtes papillons... Kidding aside, I totally understand how having all these names taken from yet a different language than the one you're actively trying to learn could be a handful.
In Disney+, in order to watch anything in French, you have to change the language of the entire interface to French for the option to appear. And then you lose most other languages.
The only reason I have a Disney+ subscription is because it's hard to find kids' shows in languages other than English in the high seas. And they make it so friggin' difficult for no reason.
You can play non-steam PC games on it. It's just a little less straightforward. You don't need to be connected to he Internet to play most games. Some might require you to be connected when you launch it (I think RDR2 did that), but then you can just keep it running and put the steam deck to sleep.