diff --git a/backend/src/services/synthesis.rs b/backend/src/services/synthesis.rs
index a1d4039..e339964 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/synthesis.rs
+++ b/backend/src/services/synthesis.rs
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
     let mut pending_traces: Vec<db::article_history::ArticleHistoryEntry> = Vec::new();
 
     // === INITIALIZATION ===
-    emit_progress(tx, "settings", "Chargement des parametres...", 5);
+    emit_progress(tx, "sources", "Chargement des parametres...", 5);
     let settings = db::settings::get_or_create_default(&state.pool, user_id).await?;
 
     if settings.article_history_days > 0 {
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
     emit_progress(tx, "sources", "Chargement des sources...", 10);
     let sources = db::sources::list_for_user(&state.pool, user_id).await?;
 
-    emit_progress(tx, "provider", "Configuration du fournisseur IA...", 12);
+    emit_progress(tx, "sources", "Configuration du fournisseur IA...", 12);
     let (provider_name, provider) = if let Some(mock_provider) = provider_override {
         ("mock".to_string(), mock_provider)
     } else {
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
 
     // === PHASE 1: Personalized Sources ===
     if !sources.is_empty() {
-        emit_progress(tx, "sources_scrape", "Analyse des sources personnalisees...", 15);
+        emit_progress(tx, "sources", "Analyse des sources personnalisees...", 15);
 
         let last_source = db::article_history::get_last_source_url(&state.pool, user_id).await.unwrap_or(None);
         let rotated_sources = rotate_sources(sources.clone(), last_source.as_deref());
@@ -302,9 +302,11 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
         let total_waves = source_chunks.len();
 
         'wave_loop: for (wave_idx, wave_sources) in source_chunks.iter().enumerate() {
-            emit_progress(tx, "sources_scrape",
-                &format!("Extraction des sources (vague {}/{})", wave_idx + 1, total_waves),
-                15 + ((wave_idx as u32 * 10) / total_waves.max(1) as u32).min(10) as u8);
+            let articles_so_far: usize = article_scraped.values().map(|v| v.len()).sum();
+            let pct = 5 + ((articles_so_far as u32 * 60) / max_total.max(1) as u32).min(60);
+            emit_progress(tx, "sources",
+                &format!("Vague {}/{} : extraction des sources...", wave_idx + 1, total_waves),
+                pct as u8);
 
             // 1a. Extract links from this wave's sources (all in parallel)
             let mut wave_urls: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
@@ -407,8 +409,9 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
                         break;
                     }
 
-                    let pct = 25 + ((processed as u32 * 40) / total_candidates.max(1) as u32).min(40);
-                    emit_progress(tx, "processing", &format!("Articles {}-{}/{}...", processed + 1, processed + batch.len(), total_candidates), pct as u8);
+                    let articles_so_far: usize = article_scraped.values().map(|v| v.len()).sum();
+                    let pct = 5 + ((articles_so_far as u32 * 60) / max_total.max(1) as u32).min(60);
+                    emit_progress(tx, "sources", &format!("Vague {}/{} : articles {}/{}...", wave_idx + 1, total_waves, processed + 1, total_candidates), pct as u8);
 
                     // Phase A: Scrape batch in parallel
                     let mut scrape_set = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
@@ -575,7 +578,7 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
     if !category_gaps.is_empty() {
         if settings.use_brave_search {
             // === BRAVE SEARCH PATH ===
-            emit_progress(tx, "search", "Recherche Brave Search...", 70);
+            emit_progress(tx, "websearch", "Recherche Brave Search...", 70);
 
             let brave_key = resolve_brave_key(state, user_id).await?;
             let query = format!("{} actualites", settings.theme);
@@ -614,7 +617,7 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
 
             // Scrape + classify in batches (same as Phase 1)
             if !brave_urls.is_empty() {
-                emit_progress(tx, "processing", "Traitement des articles Brave...", 75);
+                emit_progress(tx, "websearch", "Traitement des articles Brave...", 75);
                 let total_candidates = brave_urls.len();
                 let batch_size = settings.batch_size.max(1) as usize;
                 let mut processed = 0usize;
@@ -630,8 +633,8 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
 
                     if batch.is_empty() { break; }
 
-                    let pct = 75 + ((processed as u32 * 15) / total_candidates.max(1) as u32).min(15);
-                    emit_progress(tx, "processing", &format!("Articles Brave {}-{}/{}...", processed + 1, processed + batch.len(), total_candidates), pct as u8);
+                    let pct = 75 + ((processed as u32 * 10) / total_candidates.max(1) as u32).min(10);
+                    emit_progress(tx, "websearch", &format!("Verification des sources {}/{}...", processed + 1, total_candidates), pct as u8);
 
                     // Scrape batch in parallel
                     let mut scrape_set = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
@@ -782,7 +785,7 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
             }
         } else {
             // === EXISTING LLM SEARCH PATH ===
-            emit_progress(tx, "search", "Recherche d'actualites complementaires...", 70);
+            emit_progress(tx, "websearch", "Recherche d'actualites...", 70);
             check_rate_limit(state, &user_rate_limiter, &provider_name).await?;
 
             let search_schema = crate::services::llm::schema::build_category_schema(&user_categories, settings.max_items_per_category);
@@ -794,7 +797,7 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
             let llm_duration = llm_start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64;
             log_llm_call(&state.pool, user_id, job_id, "search", &model_websearch, &sys_prompt, &usr_prompt, &raw_results, llm_duration, None).await;
 
-            emit_progress(tx, "parsing", "Analyse des resultats...", 75);
+            emit_progress(tx, "websearch", "Analyse des resultats...", 75);
             let parsed = parse_llm_output(&raw_results, &user_categories)?;
 
             // Filter and validate Phase 2 articles
@@ -827,7 +830,7 @@ pub async fn run_generation_inner(
             }
 
             // Scrape Phase 2 for validation
-            emit_progress(tx, "scraping", "Verification des sources web...", 80);
+            emit_progress(tx, "websearch", "Verification des sources...", 80);
             for (cat_key, item) in phase2_items {
                 let (_body_text, _, final_url, drop_reason) = scrape_single_article(&state.http_client, &item.url, settings.max_age_days as i64).await;
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/fr.ts b/frontend/src/i18n/fr.ts
index acc1090..5ce1a28 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/fr.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/fr.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ const fr = {
   'generate.note': 'Note : La generation peut prendre jusqu\'a 10 minutes.',
   'generate.launch': 'Lancer la generation',
   'generate.inProgress': 'Generation en cours...',
-  'generate.step.search': 'Recherche d\'actualites',
-  'generate.step.scraping': 'Verification des sources',
-  'generate.step.rewrite': 'Redaction des resumes',
+  'generate.step.sources': 'Sources personnalisees',
+  'generate.step.websearch': 'Recherche web',
   'generate.step.saving': 'Sauvegarde',
   'generate.complete': 'Synthese generee avec succes ! Redirection...',
   'generate.error': 'Une erreur est survenue lors de la generation.',
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/GenerateSynthesis.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/GenerateSynthesis.tsx
index ab235ee..7014815 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/GenerateSynthesis.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/GenerateSynthesis.tsx
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ interface StepInfo {
 
 /** Ordered pipeline steps displayed as a checklist during generation. */
 const STEPS: StepInfo[] = [
-  { key: 'search', label: 'generate.step.search' },
-  { key: 'scraping', label: 'generate.step.scraping' },
-  { key: 'rewrite', label: 'generate.step.rewrite' },
+  { key: 'sources', label: 'generate.step.sources' },
+  { key: 'websearch', label: 'generate.step.websearch' },
   { key: 'saving', label: 'generate.step.saving' },
 ];