| English | Russian |
| inform someone about something | сообщить (кому-либо, о чём-либо) |
| inform someone about something | поставить кого-либо в известность (о чём-либо) |
| inform smb. about the circumstances | информировать кого-л. об обстоятельствах дела (of facts, of smb.'s position, of any mistakes or omissions which they may happen to detect, of the change of smb.'s address, of his father's death, of smb.'s intended departure, etc., и т.д.) |
| inform smb. about the circumstances | сообщать кому-л. об обстоятельствах дела (of facts, of smb.'s position, of any mistakes or omissions which they may happen to detect, of the change of smb.'s address, of his father's death, of smb.'s intended departure, etc., и т.д.) |
| inform oneself about | ознакомиться (Lavrov) |
| inform oneself of/about something | выяснить информацию о (чём-либо; to find out information about something: We need time to inform ourselves thoroughly of the problem. Bullfinch) |
| inform the police about | сообщать полиции |
