discourse/app/controllers/static_controller.rb

class StaticController < ApplicationController

  skip_before_filter :check_xhr

  def show

    page = params[:id]

    # Don't allow paths like ".." or "/" or anything hacky like that
    page.gsub!(/[^a-z0-9\_\-]/, '')

    file = "static/#{page}.#{I18n.locale}"

    # if we don't have a localized version, try the English one
    if not lookup_context.find_all("#{file}.html").any?
      file = "static/#{page}.en"
    end

    if lookup_context.find_all("#{file}.html").any?
      render file, layout: !request.xhr?, formats: [:html]
      return
    end

    render file: 'public/404', layout: false, status: 404
  end

end