Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
ознакомится
English translation:
to familiarize ourselves with
Russian term
ознакомится
...we were unable to familiarize ourselves with the activities of...
Этот оборот вообще-то употребляется?
Jan 6, 2013 15:43: Pham Xuan Thanh Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
experienced VIE↔EN←RUS Translator/Editor
Native in: Vietnamese (Variant: Standard-Vietnam) 
Works in: English to Vietnamese, Vietnamese to English, Russian to English, and 1 more.
to familiarize ourselves with…
to help oneself get to know or understand someone or something
United States
the bond between science and language
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US South, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand)
Works in: Russian to English, English
review
| agree |
Konstantin Volkov
: IMHO, the best choice in this context
19 hrs
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| agree |
RitaZ
: If not "familiarize ourselves", then definitely this.
1 day 1 hr
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| neutral |
Pham Xuan Thanh
: the context is not to extent to gives an appraisal or critical evaluation, but just to be familiarized with something.
4 days
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United States
ATA and SDL Trados Certified, IT, legal
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Russian to English
become familiar with
At present, we have been unable to become familiar with...
Russian Federation
There's No Limit to Perfection
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
get familiarized with
Ukraine
a top-rank. native English-Ukrainian-Rus
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Ukrainian (Variant: Standard-Ukraine) , Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, Ukrainian to English, Russian to English, and 3 more.
get to know
ознакомитЬся - slight slip
United States
Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: English (Variants: British, US) , Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: Russian to English, Polish to English, Swedish to English
we cannot find out all the necessary information related to (or about)
Canada
Let's build on a great partnership!
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Uzbekistan)
Works in: Uzbek to Russian, Russian to Uzbek, English to Russian, and 8 more.
Discussion
Thus Pham's version hits the nail on the head