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うち、あんたなしじゃあ生きていかれへん体になってしもうたんや。

My unsure translation: "House （うち）, I become（なってしもう？？） a body（体） who can't go on living（生きていかれへん） without you（あんたなし）".

whats going on with the なってしもう？ Is it a casual/conversational version of　なってしまう? Also what's that たん doing in there?

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It's typical Kansai dialect speech.

  • うち: female, casual first person pronoun (= あたし)
  • あんた: second person pronoun (= あなた; not the same connotation as Tokyo あんた)
  • いかれ(る): potential form of 行く "go", corresponding to 行ける in today's Tokyo
  • へん: verb negation (= -ない)
  • しもうた: past/perfect of しまう (= しまった)
  • や: copula (= だ)

うち、あんたなしじゃあ生きていかれへん体になってしもうたんや。
= あたし、あなたなしじゃ生きていけない体になってしまったんだ／しまったの。
= I've become such a woman who can't live [keep on living] without you.

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I believe you're translating a bit of Kansai dialect there. http://hougen.u-biq.org/osakaben.html

うち means "I" in this context, and yes, according to the page above, しまう becomes しもう with Kansai dialect. -ない also becomes -へん.

Your translation isn't too far off. I think it would roughly be, "I've become someone who can't live without you."

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    `しまう becomes しもう` --> た形（しまった⇒しもうた）て形（しまって⇒しもうて）以外では「しもう」にはなりませんけどね・・・　死んでしまう⇒死んでまう(×死んでしもう)　死んでしまいます⇒死んでまいます（×死んでしもいます） – Chocolate Jul 08 '17 at 05:41