Translate a Read More link

Well I thought I had this correct, but perhaps I just need more sleep….but anyone have a solution to make this translatable?

function new_excerpt_more($more) {
    global $post;
	return '<p class="more-link"><a class="moretag" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">'.'Continue Reading...'.'</a></p>';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

I thought it might have been this:

return '<p class="more-link"><a class="moretag" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">'. _e('Continue Reading...', 'celestial') . '</a></p>';

But it puts a text “Continue Reading…” just above the post summary excerpt.