If I reference a table name that has parentheses in the filename, the first set of parentheses are ignored when determining where to look for that table.
Here's a simple table group:
:Start
1,[Names, Human (NE) (female).Start]
2,[Names, Human (female).Start]
3,[Names, Human.Start]
And here's the output complaints from each line (note the extra space in the middle one; it removed the "(female)" but retained the space:
***ERROR on line 2 of table 'Names, Kender (female)' - Table 'Names, Human (female)' not found. ***
***ERROR on line 3 of table 'Names, Kender (female)' - Table 'Names, Human ' not found. ***
***ERROR on line 4 of table 'Names, Kender (female)' - Table 'Names, Human' not found. ***