1989 nián Āikèsēn gōngsī fāshēng le Wǎ'ěrdízī hào lòuyóu shìjiàn.
In 1989 the Exxon company had the Valdez oil spill incident.
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埃克森 transliterates Exxon, the American oil giant. The full corporate name 埃克森美孚 (Āikèsēn Měifú) is ExxonMobil — formed by the 1999 merger of Exxon and Mobil (美孚, Měifú, the Chinese name Mobil has used since the late 19th century).
usage
Sound mapping: 埃 (āi) for "Ex-", 克 (kè) for "-x-", 森 (sēn) for "-on". 森 (forest) is a common phonetic for "-son/-sen/-on" syllables in transliterations.
