1) Not all of the translation will be able to be heard and thus decoded prior to midmonth, so she'd only have pieces before then.

2) She should bring that up at the forum, if she wants to take on kedan students outside of her negotiated deal with Zanru.

3) Less, but the feeling of them is cleaner.

4) There's nothing lawfully preventing the kedan from taking on Foreigner apprentices, but they might not be very popular with their neighbours considering how many kedan youths are competing with those spots.