Help with the Meta function (functions.php)

Hello,
Below is my meta function from my Twenty Twelve (Child) Theme.
I have it tweaked how I would like it to display my Post categories and Tags on the Archive pages of my blog site.

Example:
Posted in Opinion | Tagged Constitutional

I would, however, like to incorporate this bit of code:

<?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
				<div class="comments-link">
					<?php comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Leave a reply', 'twentytwelve' ) . '</span>', __( '1 Reply', 'twentytwelve' ), __( '% Replies', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>
				</div><!-- .comments-link -->
			<?php endif; // comments_open() ?>

into the below code, if that is possible – so that the final result would appear like this:

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Constitutional | Leave a reply

Any help would be really appreciated!

Thank you,
Marc

/** Custom: Custom meta information */

if ( ! function_exists( 'twentytwelve_entry_meta' ) ) :
/**
 * Set up post entry meta.
 *
 * Prints HTML with meta information for current post: categories, tags, permalink, author, and date.
 *
 *
 * @since Twenty Twelve 1.0
 */
function twentytwelve_entry_meta() {
	// Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
	$categories_list = get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'twentytwelve' ) );

	// Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
	$tag_list = get_the_tag_list( '', __( ', ', 'twentytwelve' ) );

	$date = sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time></a>',
		esc_url( get_permalink() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() )
	);

	$author = sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a></span>',
		esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
		esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentytwelve' ), get_the_author() ) ),
		get_the_author()
	);

	// Translators: 1 is category, 2 is tag, 3 is the date and 4 is the author's name.
	if ( $tag_list ) {
		$utility_text = __( 'Posted in %1$s | Tagged %2$s <span class="by-author"></span>', 'twentytwelve' );
	} elseif ( $categories_list ) {
		$utility_text = __( 'Posted in %1$s <span class="by-author"></span>', 'twentytwelve' );
	} else {
		$utility_text = __( 'Posted in %1$s | Tagged %2$s <span class="by-author"></span>', 'twentytwelve' );
	}

	printf(
		$utility_text,
		$categories_list,
		$tag_list,
		$date,
		$author
	);
}
endif;