We are planning a trip to Ireland and are looking for accurate, language interpretation needs. One of the items that we are interested in getting while in Ireland are tattoos. The challenge that we have been running into is the correct Irish translation for a Gaelic Proverb.

The Gaelic Proverb reads:
Tagh do bhean mar a 's math leat do chlann.
Choose your wife as you wish your children to be.

The Irish Translation (via Google and Bing) reads:
Roghnaigh do bhean chéile mar is mian leat do leanaí a bheith
Choose your wife as you wish your children to be.

What is the proper Irish translation for the above Gaelic Proverb?

Appreciate any assistance you can provide.

Nate

No need to change much, I’d think:
Togh do bhean mar is maith leat do chlann.

Thank you for the quick reply.

From your response, it looks like the Irish translation is much closer to the original Gaelic proverb than what Google and Bing translate it into.

Within your translation, which words represent "children" and "wife"?

Appreciate your support.

Google Translate does not translate directly from one language to another (at least in case of minor languages). There is always a translation into and from English in between.
So you get: clann -> children -> páistí.
But actually: clann = clann.
Roghnaigh is prob. more common today for "choose" in Irish. But togh is perfectly good, too.

togh = choose
do bhean = your woman (bean chéile = wife, but chéile is not necessary)
mar = as
is maith leat = you like (lit. [which-]is good with-you)
do chlann = your children