How to align horizontally two tabular environments
I suggest you get rid of the \parbox
wrappers. If you want to roughly center the two tabular
environments within the width of the text block, consider using a few (more) \hfill
instructions.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{float,caption}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[H]
\caption{Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet.}
\label{table:lorem_ipsum}
\hfill
\begin{tabular}[t]{ c | c }
Lorem & Ipsum \\
\hline
A & B \\
C & D \\
E & F \\
G & H \\
I & J \\
\end{tabular}
\hfill
\begin{tabular}[t]{ c | c }
Lorem & Ipsum \\
\hline
K & L \\
M & N \\
O & P \\
\end{tabular}
\hfill\null
\end{table}
\end{document}
Addendum: If you must keep the \parbox
wrappers, I would suggest you add the [t]
positioning specifier in both instances: \parbox[t]{.35\linewidth}{...}
and \parbox[t]{.50\linewidth}{...}
.
At least for this example, a simple solution (less code) is constructing only one tabular environment with an empty column.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,caption}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\caption{Neque porro quisquam est qui
dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet.}
\centering
\begin{tabular}[t]{c|cp{1cm}c|c}
Lorem & Ipsum && Lorem & Ipsum\\[2pt]
\cmidrule{1-2}\cmidrule{4-5}
A & B && K & L \\
C & D && M & N \\
E & F && O & P\\
G & H && \multicolumn{1}{c}{}\\
I & J && \multicolumn{1}{c}{}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}