I think your last part probably is more my point. The more direct version is more useful for learning, especially the structure.

Just keeping on Spanish and Duo, which I have done more of, it often does things like, moves the word "always" or "never" to the end of a sentence in English, instead of translating it at the start of the sentence. And it's regularly both requiring "that" and omitting "that" in translations. Like "Quiro que", just becomes "I want" instead of "I want that". The "want that" is a little awkward in English, but it better emphasizes the structure of the original language so it's easier to learn the structure.

Also, personally, I kind of like some of the oddity of the more direct translation because it sounds a bit poetic in some places, and it sort of helps emphasize the overall connected nature of languages and how one may have branched off from another, losing or adding little flourishes, etc.