diff --git a/src/static/dashboard.html b/src/static/dashboard.html
index c4fc238..230f536 100644
--- a/src/static/dashboard.html
+++ b/src/static/dashboard.html
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <!-- Sidebar -->
         <nav class="sidebar" aria-label="Seitenleiste">
             <div class="sidebar-section">
-                <button class="btn btn-primary btn-full btn-small" id="new-incident-btn">+ Neue Lage / Recherche</button>
+                <button class="btn btn-primary btn-full btn-small" id="new-incident-btn">+ Neue Lage</button>
             </div>
 
             <div class="sidebar-filter">
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             <div class="sidebar-section">
                 <h2 class="sidebar-section-title collapsible" onclick="App.toggleSidebarSection('active-incidents')" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-expanded="true">
                     <span class="sidebar-chevron" id="chevron-active-incidents" aria-hidden="true">&#9662;</span>
-                    Aktive Lagen
+                    Live-Monitoring
                     <span class="sidebar-section-count" id="count-active-incidents"></span>
                 </h2>
                 <div id="active-incidents" aria-live="polite"></div>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             <div class="sidebar-section">
                 <h2 class="sidebar-section-title collapsible" onclick="App.toggleSidebarSection('active-research')" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-expanded="true">
                     <span class="sidebar-chevron" id="chevron-active-research" aria-hidden="true">&#9662;</span>
-                    Aktive Recherchen
+                    Analysen & Briefings
                     <span class="sidebar-section-count" id="count-active-research"></span>
                 </h2>
                 <div id="active-research" aria-live="polite"></div>
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@
                     <div class="form-group">
                         <label for="inc-type">Art der Lage</label>
                         <select id="inc-type" onchange="toggleTypeDefaults()">
-                            <option value="adhoc">Ad-hoc Lage (Breaking News)</option>
-                            <option value="research">Recherche (Hintergrund)</option>
+                            <option value="adhoc">Live-Monitoring — Ereignis beobachten</option>
+                            <option value="research">Analyse — Thema recherchieren</option>
                         </select>
                         <div class="form-hint" id="type-hint">
-                            RSS-Feeds + WebSearch, automatische Aktualisierung empfohlen
+                            Durchsucht laufend hunderte Nachrichtenquellen nach neuen Meldungen. Empfohlen: Automatische Aktualisierung.
                         </div>
                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group">
diff --git a/src/static/js/app.js b/src/static/js/app.js
index 27efad4..7cee6a9 100644
--- a/src/static/js/app.js
+++ b/src/static/js/app.js
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ const App = {
         const activeResearch = filtered.filter(i => i.status === 'active' && i.type === 'research');
         const archived = filtered.filter(i => i.status === 'archived');
 
-        const emptyLabelAdhoc = this._sidebarFilter === 'mine' ? 'Keine eigenen Ad-hoc-Lagen' : 'Keine Ad-hoc-Lagen';
-        const emptyLabelResearch = this._sidebarFilter === 'mine' ? 'Keine eigenen Recherchen' : 'Keine Recherchen';
+        const emptyLabelAdhoc = this._sidebarFilter === 'mine' ? 'Kein eigenes Live-Monitoring' : 'Kein Live-Monitoring';
+        const emptyLabelResearch = this._sidebarFilter === 'mine' ? 'Keine eigenen Analysen' : 'Keine Analysen';
 
         activeContainer.innerHTML = activeAdhoc.length
             ? activeAdhoc.map(i => UI.renderIncidentItem(i, i.id === this.currentIncidentId)).join('')
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ const App = {
         // Typ-Badge
         const typeBadge = document.getElementById('incident-type-badge');
         typeBadge.className = 'incident-type-badge ' + (incident.type === 'research' ? 'type-research' : 'type-adhoc');
-        typeBadge.textContent = incident.type === 'research' ? 'Recherche' : 'Breaking';
+        typeBadge.textContent = incident.type === 'research' ? 'Analyse' : 'Live';
 
         // Archiv-Button Text
         this._updateArchiveButton(incident.status);
@@ -3175,11 +3175,11 @@ function toggleTypeDefaults() {
     const refreshMode = document.getElementById('inc-refresh-mode');
 
     if (type === 'research') {
-        hint.textContent = 'Nur WebSearch (Deep Research), manuelle Aktualisierung empfohlen';
+        hint.textContent = 'Recherchiert in Tiefe: Nachrichtenarchive, Parlamentsdokumente, Fachmedien, Expertenquellen. Empfohlen: Manuell starten und bei Bedarf vertiefen.';
         refreshMode.value = 'manual';
         toggleRefreshInterval();
     } else {
-        hint.textContent = 'RSS-Feeds + WebSearch, automatische Aktualisierung empfohlen';
+        hint.textContent = 'Durchsucht laufend hunderte Nachrichtenquellen nach neuen Meldungen. Empfohlen: Automatische Aktualisierung.';
     }
 }