diff --git a/src/translate-modal.js b/src/translate-modal.js
index 1c8461f..241ba2d 100644
--- a/src/translate-modal.js
+++ b/src/translate-modal.js
@@ -284,13 +284,32 @@ export function openTranslateModal() {
 			translateButton.disabled = true;
 			resultContainer.style.display = "none";
 
-			// Note: Accurate tokenization happens in the translation function
-			// This is just a rough estimate for the UI progress indicator
-			const textToAnalyze = isPageMode
-				? document.documentElement.outerHTML
+			// Get exact tokenization for the UI progress indicator
+			const { extractPageContent } = await import("./translation.js");
+			const { preserveSpecialContent, estimateProcessingTime } = await import("./translation.js");
+			const { countTokensWithUpstream } = await import("./token_estimator.js");
+			const { getSelectedModel } = await import("./models.js");
+			const { SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES } = await import("./translation.js");
+			
+			const rawContent = isPageMode 
+				? extractPageContent()
 				: textArea.value.trim();
-			const roughTokenEstimate = Math.ceil(textToAnalyze.length / 3);
-			const estimatedSeconds = Math.ceil(roughTokenEstimate / 100) * 10;
+				
+			// Limit content length to avoid overwhelming the AI
+			const maxLength = 50000;
+			const contentToProcess = rawContent.length > maxLength
+				? `${rawContent.substring(0, maxLength)}...`
+				: rawContent;
+				
+			const { preservedText } = preserveSpecialContent(contentToProcess);
+			
+			// Build the actual prompt that will be sent to the AI
+			const prompt = `Translate the following HTML content into ${SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES[targetLanguageCode]}. The input is in English and formatted as HTML, which includes formatting, code blocks, and technical content. Ensure the output preserves the structure, syntax, and formatting of the original. Do not translate or modify placeholders like __CODE_0__, __URI_0__, __HTML_0__, etc., as they represent code blocks, URLs, or HTML elements that should remain unchanged. Only translate the surrounding text. Here is the text to translate:
+
+${preservedText}`;
+
+			const tokenInfo = await countTokensWithUpstream(prompt, getSelectedModel());
+			const estimatedSeconds = estimateProcessingTime(tokenInfo.totalTokens);
 
 			// Create progress indicator
 			const progressContainer = document.createElement("div");
@@ -306,7 +325,7 @@ export function openTranslateModal() {
 			const progressText = document.createElement("div");
 			progressText.style.cssText =
 				"font-weight: bold; color: #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 10px;";
-			progressText.textContent = getUIText("processingTokens", { tokens: roughTokenEstimate });
+			progressText.textContent = getUIText("processingTokens", { tokens: tokenInfo.totalTokens });
 
 			const etaText = document.createElement("div");
 			etaText.style.cssText = "color: #666; margin-bottom: 15px;";