Index: wp-includes/post-template.php
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--- wp-includes/post-template.php	(revision 8518)
+++ wp-includes/post-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@
 	return apply_filters('get_the_guid', $post->guid);
 }
 
-function the_content($more_link_text = '(more...)', $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
+function the_content($more_link_text = NULL, $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
+	if ( NULL == $more_link_text )
+		$more_link_text = __( '(more...)' ); 
+
 	$content = get_the_content($more_link_text, $stripteaser, $more_file);
 	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
 	$content = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content);
@@ -82,9 +85,12 @@
 }
 
 
-function get_the_content($more_link_text = '(more...)', $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
+function get_the_content($more_link_text = NULL, $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
 	global $id, $post, $more, $page, $pages, $multipage, $preview, $pagenow;
 
+	if ( NULL == $more_link_text )
+		$more_link_text = __( '(more...)' ); 
+
 	$output = '';
 
 	if ( !empty($post->post_password) ) { // if there's a password