Is "Gesellschaft" the right translation for "company" in the sense of visitors?

Question

Both Gesellschaft and "company" have a lot of different meanings and there is some overlap, particularly in the sense of a business enterprise. In English, "company" can also mean visitors to one's home, especially friends; see definition 5 in the Wiktionary entry. I'm thinking the best translation in this case would be Besuch, Besucher (plural) or Gäste. I can't find any meaning for Gesellschaft which matches this; there are between 6 and 8 (depending on how you count) definitions listed in DWDS. But I'm seeing Gesellschaft used as a translation in this sense as well and so I'm a bit confused. My understanding of DWDS isn't perfect so perhaps I misunderstood one of the definitions there.

For the full context, this is from Season 1, Ep. 5 of "The Good Place". Eleanor and Chidi have unwelcome visitors and are having an argument about them. From the respective subtitles:

"A marriage counselor and a human lie detector isn't my first choice for company either."

Eine Eheberaterin und ein menschlicher Lügendetektor ist auch nicht meine erste Wahl als Gesellschaft.

Answer 1

Your translation is absolutely correct and I (native speaker) would have chosen the same translation here as it fits perfectly. I'd just reorder the words a bit:

Die Gesellschaft einer Eheberaterin und eines menschlichen Lügendetektors ist auch nicht meine erste Wahl

Or if you keep your order you need to adjust the verb as there are two persons (plural):

Eine Eheberaterin und ein menschlicher Lügendetektor sind auch nicht meine erste Wahl als Gesellschaft

unless the marriage counselor IS the human lie detector, then the second article would be left out:

Eine Eheberaterin und menschlicher Lügendetektor ist auch nicht meine erste Wahl als Gesellschaft

Answer 2

To add to Torsten Links's good answer:

Ich bin in der Gesellschaft einer Eheberaterin und eines menschlichen Lügendetektors

just means that I'm (right now or at a specific point in time) together with these people, that they're being around me, that we're spending time together. It doesn't say anything about whether they are my guests, I'm their guest, or we're somewhere else together, and also says nothing about whether it's voluntary or not. So if the English word "company" additionally expresses that they're my guests, that part gets lost in translation when using "Gesellschaft".

That said, I agree it's fine to translate it that way, because the statement

"A marriage counselor and a human lie detector isn't my first choice for company either."

seems to be mainly about spending time with these people, not about the fact that they're guests.