Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
nunca terá passado disso mesmo
English translation:
was never more than this
Portuguese term
nunca terá passado disso mesmo
"A história dos cristãos fugidos aos mouros **nunca terá passado disso mesmo**:duma história da Idade Média nascida da imaginação dos navegadores portugueses ou dos seus governantes da época dos Descobrimentos."
My provisional translation is "never amounted to more than this" or "was never more than this", but I'd really appreciate confirmation/correction by a native PT speaker, thanks.
May 20, 2008 09:53: Maria Castro changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/8025">lexical's</a> old entry - "nunca terá passado disso mesmo"" to ""was never more than this""
Proposed translations
Portugal
Quality & Accuracy at your service!
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese
has never been more than this
Armenia
Precision and clarity
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
will never have amounted to more than this
Brazil
Professional, Competent and Committed
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to French, and 7 more.
happened exactly as it is told
Example:
For the Evangelical, since the Bible is God’s Word, the story happened exactly as it is told, these are Jesus’ real temptations. For Evangelicals, the point ...
www.preachingpeace.org/yearc/lent1.htm
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http://books.google.com.br/books?id=KFkQiBXSLVwC&pg=PA146&lp...
Brazil
specializes in research articles
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English
will never be anything but this
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
has never been more than just a story
has never been more than just a story
was nothing so much as
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Note added at 16 hrs (2008-05-19 07:08:16 GMT)
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was nothing so much as precisely that (a story)
Brazil
Love What I do and Do it Very Well
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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