I'm watching Ponyo, this is dialogue at 30:15:

> お前達に農場の仕事を見せようなんて連れて来たのがいけなかったのだ。

I'm not sure about ようなんて, what does that do grammatically? Anyway here's how I
understand it:

> It was not possible to bring you guys to watch farm work.

But the English version of the movie has:

> Bringing you along to watch me was a mistake.

Is the English version just taking liberties or am I wrong in my
interpretation?
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grammar
Verb + ようなんて, what does that do?
"[よう](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%88%E3%81%86-652682#E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.9E.97.20.E7.AC.AC.E4.B8.89.E7.89.88)"
in this case is an auxilliary verb, indicating will/intent for something, in
終止形{しゅうしけい}-form (more commonly known as dictionary form). The adverbial
particle
"[なんて](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A6-590615#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.B3.89)"
is attached to verbs in that form, and it essentially means "などという" in
Japanese. It's basically a way of bringing up actions such as that in a
disparaging way, "something like x".

The real problem, as people in the comments mentioned, is actually
[いける](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B-202380#E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.9E.97.20.E7.AC.AC.E4.B8.89.E7.89.88)
("物事をうまくすることができる。うまくこなす", "To be able to do something well"). Since the
speaker is explaining (のだ) that having brought them along to show them how it
is to work on a farm did not go well, that was was translated as "bringing you
here was a bad idea".
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